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Long-term Clinical Feasibility of the New Indwelling Provox Vega 20 Voice Prosthesis

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00661570
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Primary endpoint reached, slow accrual, leakage around)
First Posted : April 18, 2008
Results First Posted : November 3, 2010
Last Update Posted : March 10, 2017
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Atos Medical AB

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to investigate long-term clinical feasibility of a new voice prosthesis and insertion system Provox Vega 20 with SmartInserter) for voice rehabilitation after total laryngectomy. Outcome measures are voice quality, ease of insertion, device life, and reason for replacement.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Total Laryngectomy Device: Provox Vega voice prosthesis (20 Fr) Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 26 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Amendment on Phase I Trial NO7VEG 'Assessment of a Next Generation Indwelling Provox Voice Rehabilitation System (Vega)
Study Start Date : March 2008
Actual Primary Completion Date : March 2009
Actual Study Completion Date : March 2009

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Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Early feasability arm Device: Provox Vega voice prosthesis (20 Fr)
The current Provox2 voice prosthesis of laryngectomized patients will, when the patient comes in for a change, be replaced with a new, next generation Provox Vega voice prosthesis and insertion system
Other Name: indwelling Provox voice prosthesis


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Device Life Time [ Time Frame: at replacement of voice prosthesis (maximum 1 year) ]
    Device life was measured from the time of insertion until the time of replacement. Reason for replacement was recorded. Only replacements for leakage through the device are considered for calculation of device life time.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Voice Quality [ Time Frame: at 3 months or device change (whichever was first) ]
    Subjective patient opinion about 5 voice related items (intelligibility face to face and on the phone, loudness, pitch and fluency). The best value is 5 and the worst value is 20.

  2. Ease of Insertion [ Time Frame: assessed immediately after insertion procedure ]
    The Vega voice prosthesis used in this study is inserted with a new insertion tool, the SmartInserter. Physicians were asked to rate the insertion on a 4 point scale. what they thought of the new insertion tool, also in comparison to the regular tool used in the clinic, the Provox2 inserter. As the Provox voice prosthesis is a tool physicians already used, no insertions were performed with the Provox2 inserter during the study.

  3. Reason for Replacement [ Time Frame: At removal of prosthesis ]

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Ages Eligible for Study:   Child, Adult, Older Adult
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • total laryngectomy
  • use Provox2 voice prosthesis
  • at least two prior prosthesis changes

Exclusion Criteria:

  • current puncture problems (f. ex. infection)
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Locations
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Netherlands
Netherlands Cancer Institute
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, 1066CX
Sponsors and Collaborators
Atos Medical AB
The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Frans JM Hilgers, MD, PhD The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Principal Investigator: Michiel WM van den Brekel, MD, PhD The Netherlands Cancer Institute
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Responsible Party: Atos Medical AB
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00661570    
Other Study ID Numbers: UD736
First Posted: April 18, 2008    Key Record Dates
Results First Posted: November 3, 2010
Last Update Posted: March 10, 2017
Last Verified: January 2017
Keywords provided by Atos Medical AB:
laryngectomy
larynx cancer